Rosa moyesii

Rosa moyesii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae.^[1][2] It is native to western China. Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall by 3 m (10 ft) wide, it is a vigorous deciduous shrub, with plentiful matte green leaves and flat red or pink flowers, with yellow central stamens, in summer. These are followed in autumn by prominent bottle-shaped rose-hips.

Rosa moyesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rosa
Species:	R. moyesii
Binomial name
Rosa moyesii Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson
Synonyms[1]
Rosa holodonta Stapf Rosa moyesii var. fargesii Rolfe Rosa moyesii var. pubescens T.T.Yu & H.T.Tsai Rosa moyesii f. rosea Rehder & E.H.Wilson Rosa roseomoyesii Almq. Rosa stevensii Rehder Rosa sweginzowii Koehne Rosa sweginzowii var. glandulosa Cardot Rosa sweginzowii var. inermis C.Marquand & Airy Shaw Rosa sweginzowii var. stevensii (Rehder) T.C.Ku Rosa wardii Mulligan Rosa wardii var. culta Mulligan

Rosa moyesii is cultivated as an ornamental shrub and has been used in rose breeding. The more compact hybrid cultivar R. moyesii 'Geranium', with brilliant orange-scarlet blooms, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3][4]

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